Jeff Bezos Just Patented Airbags For The Bottom Of Your Cell Phonehttp://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-airbags-patent-2011-8/comments
en-usWed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 -0500Tue, 26 Sep 2017 18:49:08 -0400Ellis Hamburgerhttp://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e453d2aecad04de11000019BhFri, 12 Aug 2011 10:48:10 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e453d2aecad04de11000019
Nerd humor. This is called "billionaires getting drunk and coming up with joke patents". Would love to party with these guys. What a hysterical bunch of pranksters.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e453708eab8ea924d00002dVikzAtlFri, 12 Aug 2011 10:22:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e453708eab8ea924d00002d
Something about patent law here. If a patent hasn't been approved, then its still patent pending. I think the title of the article should reflect as such. Secondly, it would be interesting to know if corners hits (which usually happens to be the weakest part/fracture point of any right angle object, be it a glass pane, or a phone in this case) are protected sufficiently, and the "jets" would be able to adequately correct for angle of attack during the fall.http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e4531d66bb3f7ea5800001dFeedbackFri, 12 Aug 2011 09:59:50 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e4531d66bb3f7ea5800001d
Congratulations to Jeff on this innovation! On which mobile phones will this be available?http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e452ad0ecad046d66000001Lloyd HumphreysFri, 12 Aug 2011 09:29:52 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e452ad0ecad046d66000001
I could see this being cool if they could find a way to flip the phone onto the airbags, but I don't see them being able to store enough compressed air/etc in the space of a cellphone to make the 'flip' possible. Plus then it'd be really tough to make cases for phones. I don't see why more phones don't have car-style crumple zones - cheap and easy to replace breakable bits designed to protect the functionality of the actual device (harder with a screen I suppose)http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e4528bcecad04265c000009Matt KrollFri, 12 Aug 2011 09:21:00 -0400http://www.businessinsider.com/c/4e4528bcecad04265c000009
Okay, but what if your phone doesn't hit the ground flat, bottom-side first? What's the point if this system wouldn't cover every nook and canny of the shell of the phone? Doesn't seem all that useful to me.